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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12000

13 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / Iran
Researchers say Europeans must have strong position on nuclear programme agreement
Brussels, 12/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

During a hearing at the European Parliament on Thursday 12 April, the researchers Cornelius Adebahr and Ellie Geranmayeh said that Europeans should work with the United States to find common ground on the Iranian nuclear programme agreement.  US President Donald Trump has set Saturday 12 May as the deadline for remedying the agreement's shortcomings.

"Every effort from the European leaders to negotiate with the USA is really essential.  We need to speak about the '4Ms': Mrs Mogherini,...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Choosing Churchill and “blood in the streets”?
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Commission proposes ban on some unfair trading practices
COHESION: EU ministers want post-2020 cohesion policy to cover all European regions
ENVIRONMENT: EFSA and Commission first to appear before PEST special committee
ENVIRONMENT: EU ministers consider options for air quality and for COP24 success
DIGITAL: Blockage continues on country of origin principle in SatCab regulation
JUSTICE: MEPs are still divided over progress reported on Privacy Shield
JUSTICE: Progress in Parliament/Council negotiations on mutual recognition of decisions to freeze criminal assets
BUSINESS: European Court of Auditors highlights lack of sustainability in some ERDF financed projects
MIGRATION: S&D group in Parliament says EU should do more to guarantee child refugees' access to education
ENERGY: Ukraine rejects a minima option envisaged by Gazprom for transit of gas
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Christian Democratic family to set 'red lines' not to be crossed with Viktor Orbán
EP2019: Security of Europeans to be dominant theme in campaign, says EPP group in Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FRANCE: Paris forecasts government deficit of 2.3% of GDP in 2018
MONEY LAUNDERING: Malta launches new strategy to defend itself against money laundering
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: Researchers say Europeans must have strong position on nuclear programme agreement
SYRIA: EU strongly regrets Russian veto at UN
GEORGIA: EU approves its third macrofinancial assistance operation for Georgian economy for €45 million
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Court defines any third-country national under 18 at the time of his or her asylum application as a minor
ETS: Slovak tax of 80% on value of greenhouse gas emissions quotas sold or unused runs counter to EU law
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Court clarifies criteria for training people responsible for assessing the safety of cosmetics for human health
JUSTICE: Access rights in parental responsibility context includes grandparents, says Advocate General
HEALTH: Advocate General holds that prohibition on placing of tobacco for oral use on market is valid
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF THE EU: List of European leaders to discuss future of EU with MEPs in 2018
IRAN: Council extends sanctions in response to human rights violations for further year
LOBBYING: Corporate Europe Observatory criticises revolving-door job moves at Commission's 'financial services' Directorate
INTERNAL MARKET: European Professional Card has helped to reinforce mobility, Commission reports
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament's S&D Group wants reform of rules for appointment of senior European officials
SOCIAL: Belgium and Netherlands step up cooperation to tackle cross-border welfare fraud
SOCIAL: ETF regrets way in which road transport workers are treated in 'posted workers' directive
TRANSPORT: Council formally adopts Interinstitutional Agreement on qualification and training of road transport operators